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• AugustusPeople

  Augustus (63 BC–AD 14) was the first emperor of the Roman Empire. He appears in Luke 2:1 as "Caesar Augustus," who issued the decree for the census, and he provides the historical backdrop for the account of Jesus' birth.

• Caesar AugustusPeople

  Caesar Augustus was the first emperor of the Roman Empire. Luke 2:1 records his decree that all the world should be taxed, which forms the background to the birth of Jesus.

• Frederick DouglassPeople

  Frederick Douglass (1818–1895) was an American abolitionist, orator, and journalist. Born into slavery, he escaped and became a lay preacher in a Black Methodist denomination. He sharply criticized American churches that defended slavery.

• NeroPeople

  Nero (37–68) was the fifth emperor of the Roman Empire, reigning from 54 to 68. He is known as the first Roman emperor to persecute Christians, which he did after the Great Fire of Rome in 64.

• Census of QuiriniusBible

  The census in Luke 2 was a registration of inhabitants carried out by order of the Roman emperor Caesar Augustus. Because of this census, Joseph and Mary traveled to Bethlehem, where Jesus was born.

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Verses in the King James Version 4, showing 4

• Luke 2:1

  And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Cesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.

• Acts 25:21

  But when Paul had appealed to be reserved unto the hearing of Augustus, I commanded him to be kept till I might send him to Cesar.

• Acts 25:25

  But when I found that he had committed nothing worthy of death, and that he himself hath appealed to Augustus, I have determined to send him.

• Acts 27:1

  And when it was determined that we should sail into Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners unto one named Julius, a centurion of Augustus’ band.

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